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23 May '12

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United KingdomFutureEverything celebrates co-operative collaboration

The internationally renowned digital arts festival, FutureEverything, will be celebrating co-operation as part of it’s annual conference this week.

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Global NewsJoin the campaign to support co-operatives through Twitter and Facebook

Co-operatives around the world have launched a social media campaign to raise the profile of the International Year of Co-operatives.

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Delegates taking part in the open data discussion

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United KingdomData is the currency of democracy

“Data is the currency of democracy”, explained an open data advocate who encouraged co-operatives to open up access to its data.

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Chris Taggart from OpenCorporates discusses how co-operatives can take advantage of open data

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United KingdomCo-operatives start to tackle open data

People from across the co-operative sector came together today to discuss the benefits and pitfalls of co-operatives opening up their data.

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Birgitta Jónsdóttir at FutureEverything

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United KingdomWake up and start co-creating - Birgitta Jónsdóttir at FutureEverything

Birgitta Jónsdóttir praised co-operatives in a speech about direct democracy at the FutureEverything conference today.

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Representatives from the Valencian Parliament and the Confederation

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SpainCo-operatives receive unanimous support from Valencia

To mark the UN declaration of 2012 as International Year of Co-operatives, the Valencian Parliament read out a statement in support of co-operative institutional measures to ...

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Members of the UN's credit union Green Team Angela Fortezza-Soto and Eleanor Oxley-Woods raise awareness of cooperatives

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United StatesCredit unions sprout cooperative message at Green Festival

Native New Yorkers and international visitors alike obtained fresh insight into the power of cooperatives at the NYC Green Festival to mark Earth Day last month.

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Betty, a smallholder co-operative farmer from Kenya

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United KingdomCo-operative Group asks Government to champion smallholder farmers

Smallholder farmers are at the forefront of a new campaign led by the Co-operative Group in association with Oxfam.

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Global NewsWhite House welcomes Cooperative Leaders

For the first time in US history, the White House held a national briefing for the widest range ever of US cooperative leaders. The trigger for this historical event was the United Nations declaring 2012 as the International Year of Cooperatives (IYC). Clearly, the extensive IYC efforts of the National Cooperative Business Association (NCBA) and its members have had national impact on the White House. Seeing co-ops as a particularly bright spot in the US economy, the Obama Administration asked ...

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AustraliaAustralia celebrates changes in co-operative law

Co-operatives in Australia have been strengthened following the passage of laws to slash red tape and reduce costs.